=head1 RETURN VALUES
The functions return 1 for a successful match, 0 for a failed match
-and -1 for an internal error: typically a memory allocation failure.
+and -1 for an internal error: typically a memory allocation failure
+or an ASN.1 decoding error.
-X509_check_ip_asc() can also return -2 if the IP address string is malformed.
+All functions can also return -2 if the input is malformed. For example,
+X509_check_host() returns -2 if the provided B<name> contains embedded
+NULs.
=head1 NOTES
=head1 HISTORY
-These functions were added in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
+These functions were added in OpenSSL 1.0.2.
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